Pick and pack services are usually offered by almost all the Ware House Service Providers that specialize in supply chain management. Pick and pack is a small part of the supply chain management process that is mostly used in, but is not limited to the distribution of goods in the retail market.

Few ware house companies perform sub-assembly or light assembly work for their clients. This may involve receiving several components to the ware house, inspecting, assembling, repacking, and shipping them to the client.

Sub-assembly can be said that it is a collection of parts that are put together as a unit, that is to be used for the making of a larger assembly. Companies outsource this work in order to maximize manufacturing space utilization, reduce manpower costs and many more.

This type of service helps the company to find the perfect location for its distribution centre or ware house. It is said that the ideal distribution centre or the ware house location is mostly determined by the combination of where the shipment is going to come or where they are shipping their products.

VMI is a part of a business model in which the buyer of the item shares certain information to the seller and the seller takes full responsibility for taking charge of an agreed inventory of the material, usually at the store. A 3PL can get involved in order to make sure that the buyer has the required level of inventory.

Fulfilment can be termed as the entire procedure of taking an order and making it ready for delivering it to the client. It can involve packaging, labelling, ware house pickup, and many more.

It is claimed that there are many options depending on the client, but the most common services provide are: order processing, pick and pack, shipment of the product, storage and ware housing, and many more.